From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2005-11-23T12:23:09+09:00
Subject: Re: DRb Questions

On Nov 22, 2005, at 7:07 PM, Ian C. Blenke wrote:

> James Edward Gray II wrote:
>
>> I'm needing to build a client class that just defines an API,  
>> then  allow clients to subclass it to customize it to their  
>> needs.  The  server will be able to handle this as long as the  
>> client object is  DRbUnDumped or proxied, right?
>
>
> If you pass a proxied object rather than marshalling it, yes. The  
> server will be able to access the client object in the context of  
> the client.
>
> I'm using this fact now with great success:
>
>    http://ian.blenke.com/drb
>
> In this model, the server uses the $stdin/$stdout/$stderr of the  
> calling client. Neat stuff.

Very nice link.  Thanks for sharing!

James Edward Gray II